Cyclamen are pretty toxic and are in deer and rabbit proof lists. Even the hyrax here don't eat them, so I can't imagine critters digging for them. My only pests on them are snails and slugs. I don't know what their metabolism is like but they eat stuff mammals won't touch. *****They are sold under the name Sowbread in the UK. I.e. potential pigfood, so doubt they are poisonous to other 'similar' animals. The seed pods are sugary from memory too, but only ants make use of that here in the UK I think. I lost a C. persicum last year that was 25cm. or so diameter. Maybe 30 years old. Ex. AGS seed I think. Brian, UK _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…